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Negotiations on contracts covering some 45,000 dockworkers along the US east and Gulf coast ports are expected to begin soon, just four months before the current agreement expires.  

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) yesterday announced they expected master contract negotiations to follow “the likely completion” of talks on local contracts this week. 

ILA president Harold Daggett had instructed union branches to resolve local east/Gulf coast work issues by mid-May, aiming to avoid a repeat of ...